Sebastian Leonard Lyons (1869-1931)

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Sebastian Leonard Lyons
Born:	1869 Saginaw, Michigan
Died:	2 Nov 1931 Detroit, Michigan
Father:	William M. Lyons, Sr.
Mother:	Anna Parker
Siblings:	Tracy Lyons Bertha M. Lyons Elias Lyons Sebastian Leonard Lyons William M. Lyons Leonard A. Lyons Anastasia M. Lyons Mary Anna Lyons Thomas Lyons
Spouse:	Clara G. Fochtman
Married:	12 May 1892 Petoskey, Michigan
Children:	Leonard A. Lyons Theresa Marie Lyons

[edit] Obituary

Petoskey Evening News, Tuesday, 3 Nov 1931:

FORMER LOCAL

MAN IS DEAD
SABASTIAN L. LYONS DIES
MONDAY IN DETROIT, ILL
MANY MONTHS
Funeral Tomorrow Forenoon At
St. Francis Church. Burial At

St. Francis Cemetery

Sabastian L. Lyons, of Detroit, former Petoskey man, died there yesterday afternoon. He had been sick for some time. The body will be brought to Petoskey today and taken to the home of a sister, Mrs. Anna Barney, 327 Bay street. The funeral will be held from St. Grancis church tomorrow at 9 with burial in St. Francis cemetery.

Mr. Lyons was a resident of Petoskey from 1886 to 1910, going from this city to Detroit where he has resided for about 21 years.

Surviving relatives are two sisters, Mrs. Barney and Mrs. Linehan of this city; three brothers, Elias Lyons and William Lyons of Petoskey and Thomas Lyons of Toledo; one daughter, Mrs. Thressa Sutherland, Petoskey and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leonard Lyons, of Petoskey. Three grandchildren also survive him.

[edit] Sources

• Name variant: Sabastian [obit]

• 1880 Federal Census, 1st Ward, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan

Lyons, William M.

, Sabastian, son, single, male, white, 11, MI, CAN, CAN

• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Marriages:

LYONS, Sebastian L. & FOCHTMAN, Clara G.

Date: 5/12/1892

Liber: 2

Folio: 28

• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Record of Marriages:

Page: 28

Number: 411

License Dated: 11 May 1892

Groom: Sebastian L. Lyons

Age: 23

Race: white

Residence: Petoskey, Mich.

Birth place: Saginaw, Mich.

Occupation: Merchant

Father: Wm. Lyons

Mother: Anna Parker

Times Previously married: no

Bride: Clara G. Fochtman

Age: 22

Race: white

Residence: Petoskey, Mich.

Birth place: St. Mary, PA

Occupation: Lady

Father: A. Fochtman

Mother: Magdlene Coons

Times Previously married: none

Married: 12 May 1892

Place: Petoskey, Emmet, MI

By: Rev. Norbert Wilhelm, Catholic Priest

Witnesses:

William Lyons of Petoskey, Mich

Julia Fochtman of Petoskey, Mich.

• Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Index, Petoskey, Michigan:

Lyons, Sebastian

Died: 11/02/1931

Burial: 11/05/1931

Cemetery: St. Francis, Petoskey

Obituary: on file - PEN 11/03/1931

Funeral Home: unknown

Lot: 3--1

Military: WW1

• Gravestone Photo: St. Francis Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan, GenWeb site